Using future in the past structures

This exercise will help you understand and practise using was going to, would, was about to, and was supposed to to describe future plans or expectations from a past point of view.

1. They said they _____ the work by Monday.

2. I thought he _____ abroad this summer.

3. I _____ you when your message came through.

4. He _____ with the project, but something urgent came up.

5. _____ the training session this morning?

6. The train _____ at 6 p.m., but it was delayed.

7. We _____ early, but the meeting ran long.

8. She said she _____ me back after lunch.

9. They _____ the presentation when the projector stopped working.

10. _____ the changes during the meeting?

11. We _____ the report last Friday, but we needed more data.

12. We thought she _____ the competition easily.

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